BPER Banca Short Interest Ratio and Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of BPER Banca shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of October 30th, investors have sold 100 shares of BPXXY short. 0.00% of BPER Banca's shares are currently sold short. View details.

BPER Banca saw a drop in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 100 shares, a drop of 99.6% from the previous total of 24,200 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment.

0.00% of BPER Banca's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "banks—regional" compare to BPER Banca: Aozora Bank, Ltd. (0.00%), Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (0.00%), Bankinter, S.A. (0.00%), BAWAG Group AG (0.00%), BDO Unibank, Inc. (0.00%), Kasikornbank Public Company Limited (0.00%), Komercní banka, a.s. (0.00%), Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited (0.00%), Malayan Banking Berhad (0.00%), and Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. (0.00%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.66 billion), Aon Plc ($3.83 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($3.33 billion), ViacomCBS Inc. ($3.13 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.05 billion), The Clorox Company ($2.85 billion), Uber Technologies, Inc. ($2.80 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.26 billion), Simon Property Group, Inc. ($2.02 billion), and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ($1.96 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling BPXXY is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from BPER Banca as its price is falling. To short BPER Banca stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that BPER Banca will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit.

A short squeeze for BPER Banca occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of BPXXY, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including BPXXY, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is October, 30 2020.